Vahid Selimović
Luxembourgish professional footballer (born 1997)
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Vahid Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вахид Селимовић; born 3 April 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Erovnuli Liga club Iberia 1999 and the Luxembourg national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 April 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Iberia 1999 | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Jeunesse Esch | ||
| 2005–2015 | Metz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Metz B | 37 | (3) |
| 2017–2019 | Metz | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Apollon Limassol | 21 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | OFI | 27 | (1) |
| 2023 | Gorica | 8 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Željezničar | 14 | (1) |
| 2024–2026 | Hermannstadt | 32 | (0) |
| 2026– | Iberia 1999 | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Luxembourg U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Serbia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2019– | Luxembourg | 15 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2026 | |||
Born in Luxembourg, Selimović was a youth international for Serbia, but represents Luxembourg at the senior level.
Club career
Selimović joined the Metz academy at the age of 8 in 2005, and spent his entire youth years with them, signing his first professional contract eleven years later on 4 July 2016.[2][3] He made his professional debut for Metz in a 1–0 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Angers on 12 December 2017,[4] and his Ligue 1 debut in a 3–1 win over Montpellier four days later.[5]
In January 2019, Selimović signed a two-year contract with Apollon Limassol.[6] On 8 August 2020, it was announced that he had moved to OFI in Greece.[7] After OFI, he played for Slovenian side Gorica in the second part of the 2022–23 season.[8]
On 13 September 2023, Selimović signed a two-year contract with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[9] He was sent off after a straight red card in his debut for Željezničar in a 2–0 away loss to Igman Konjic on 27 October 2023.[10] On 26 November 2023, Selimović scored his first goal for the club, an equaliser 4 minutes into stoppage time against Posušje, helping his team to narrowly escape defeat in a 1–1 home draw.[11] On 10 March 2024, he scored an own goal in a 2–1 away defeat to Zvijezda 09.[12] Selimović mutually terminated his contract with Željezničar and left the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.[13]
International career
Selimović was born in Luxembourg and is of Bosniak and Serbian descent.[14] He made his debut for the Serbia under-19 team in a 2–0 friendly win over Bulgaria in February 2016.[15]
Selimović switched his national allegiance to Luxembourg in 2019, receiving his first call-up for the senior matches in June of that year.[16]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 6 June 2026[17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg | 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Selimović goal.[18]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 June 2019 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Madagascar | 2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
Honours
Hermannstadt
- Cupa României runner-up: 2024–25